The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-01

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our esteemed coaeenporary. ~ Aibany
lrp.a NJ nos 70 explained - ~ rpeo<u nv
- Drmocrasic Aduzni11ra0on has nczIccec1
- brng arton s<alnst ~ Hrpob-1cAne ~
have roobci the G-0rcrnue1e While u<y were
q cnce me Aryss ch.rrsd that - Govern
lent unec- ne RcpuollcanA uAs : .nass e
6-.r,rrinr conupt,ss~ II asserted that nLlsons
q dollars uers ssossn ard th.s there we're hun
orcds o. defalcae1cnA Its charges we're - clear
"a opscinc sh>e 4 uas asse4 ny me guilty
- we're allowed = % unpunished since
shsa ne A'gss he's drcpped ne .uo'ssI 1an
Ths Argus dropped the subject pre-
cisely because it had given i the fullest
and most exhaustive consideration.
and. when accused Of giittering gener-
alities. replied by what our esteemed
contemporary in Troy justly terms
! clear and specific charges There was
nothing more 70 Be said on the subject
But the Telegram i surprised that the
| Democratic Administration has not ap-
| plicd itself to the task Of hunting down
the public plundcrers and Furnishing
them for their rascality. and il regards
the silence Of the Argus. in not ex-
planning this matter. - singular &C
tion. Nothing singular about IL The
first duty Of the Democratic Admins
tration was 20 purify the public service
from the corruption with which nearly
: quarter OF 4 century Of Republican
rule had poisoned il This was . task
that called for all the time and ener-
Sies Of the Administrations
The ~dcfalcations a. United States
officials during the Administrations Of
Presidents Grant Hayes and Arthur.
- compiled from the public records,
show that tl2.S93.476 - were stolen
from the Government. and this does
not include the money stolen under
the w~hisky-ring frauds, star-route
frauds. Post-ofice Department defalca-
lions. Burnside's frauds. H~owgste's
frauds the Naval Medical Bureau
I frauds. or the defalcafion Of the dis
bursting clerk Of the State Department
: Those frauds extended Over > con-
! adorable period Some have been in
, vestiszted under Republican Admins
! ~tration. but the guilty men were. II
I the most important instances. allowed
4 to 20 UNPUBLISHED Dorsey and Brady
were lucky in this respect
It is easy to speak Of furnishing thos'
rascals by due process Of Law, but mex
to an impossibility to corner them :.
2 Is to obtain : conviction The ramii
: cations Of their schemes were 50 widel.
extended and involved 50 many IN
e ~terests that. like the spider. they fel
e secure within the web Of their owl
weaving. They covered up their track
= without difficulty. since they had higl
i officers Of the Government TO shiei
>: them. Investigation after invesfiga
e ton was called for in vain or. whe
~ responded to. was 50 bungiingly mar
"A AGED that no satisfactory results wer
ID a~ttainable- The only result was !
cause the rascals TO be more caution
- and to destroy. as far q possible. q
- legal proofs Of their infamy.
= At the time when they might hay
been punished for their misdeeds. %
" Republican Administration refused
n do 81. Now that the necessary proof
4. are in many cases no longer attainabi
sir witnesses spirited away or documen
cy missing. the Democratic Administr'
r. ton Is called upon to punish the deli
ouencies and defalcations Of RePubli
~ An ONCE holders We recall 70 q
N attention Of our esteemed contemP
big rarv the case Of Surgcon-Gcnerl Wal
and the correspondence between Seer
q tary Chandler and the lamented -
Hendricks in the summer Of 1854
NJ. Hendricks thus alluded
ger C~ha-aler,s connection with this ca
ed. s.For the Bureau Of Medicine .
q Surgery the d~efalcation Is large. but I
more serious fact i that il could =
I 70 did extend through two Administ'
'ese tons d the department. : period
nan nearly four years. without detectic
ave You testified that some inquI
49, w. made, and the ccnclusi
Va. that while there were .
picious circumstances. they did .
warrant : conclusion Of guilt Ate
notice. verbal and in writing. you
4 : the men IN Office. You did not br'
The frauds 70 light nor the guilty p
ties to Punishment What i Jour 2
a-u- excuscY WorSes - possioies tn11
ON fore. You say : large number u z
IN eressmen recommended that the b
Of The bureau. DR.. Wales, should b
a 70 appointed. Members Of Congress Il
nothing Of the frauds; they had no
p~ortunity to know Il VA Wit
s,ne your reach and power. But Dr. W
dis was not one Of the three guilty rog'
He neither forged the vouchers
e Of cmbezxled the money. His rcspo
IN bility in the case d just the sam'
~. your own. He va the Official supe
q the three rogues. = you were
himself - well asof them Neithe'
nor yourself exposed The frauds
punished the partieA"
This il but . single instance Of
unwflliEgness d high officials vi
the Republican Administration 70 b
defaulters and swindlers % jus
"a wno disco oms>s. So secure did